Analysis of The Rose Of Peace
William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)
IF Michael, leader of God's host
When Heaven and Hell are met,
Looked down on you from Heaven's door-post
He would his deeds forget.
Brooding no more upon God's wars
In his divine homestead,
He would go weave out of the stars
A chaplet for your head.
And all folk seeing him bow down,
And white stars tell your praise,
Would come at last to God's great town,
Led on by gentle ways;
And God would bid His warfare cease,
Saying all things were well;
And softly make a rosy peace,
A peace of Heaven with Hell.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 1100111 111111011 111101 10110111 01011 11111101 01111 01110111 011111 11111111 111101 0111111 101101 01010101 0111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 499 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 392 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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